The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-23
AN EXCITING TIME.

The Debate on the Coercion Measure Dis
turbed by Bomb From the Opposition
A Member Makes an Assertion which lie
Can Not Substantiate, and is Promptly
Branded as a Liar-subsequent Events.
BosToN, April III j. Clancy cables,
the Herald from London as follows THE
scene in the House of Commons Friday
night is to-day the talk of Great Britain
and Ireland. 1t was like bolt from the
blue. The debate all the evening up to
about midnight, like the debate all
week was extremely decOrous if not dull
At the time mentioned the notorious
Colonel Saunderson caught the Speakers
eye, having been for an hour previously
slapping his things with his notes
swaYing backward and forward almost
convulslvely, and conducting himself as
If he were on thorns. He was not five
minutes speaking when he got well into
repetition of several old jokes and old
calumnes, at which the Tories laughed
and cheered, and then he proceeded to re
peat the charges of completely with muir
der, which the Times has been circulating
for the past two months / need not de-
scribe at length the scene which followed.
Suffice it TO say that the calumniator
was handled and throttled in manner that
astonished not only him, but the govern
ment and the Speaker. He aimed at mur-
der, but only committed suicide. The
courage, promputude and frmness with
which Healy and Sexton acted, and the
attitude of the rest of the Irish party in
spite of all the threatened consequences
of sus pens ION, took the starch out of all
their enemies, including Saunderson, who
did not expect such resistance in the first
place, and then thought threats of punish
ment would deter the Irish from behav-
ing like men. SO completely did the
Irish member triumph that it was
virtually agreed before the House ad
! journed that the vote suspending Healy
should be rescinded and after the House
adjourned it was settled between Sexton
and the Government whips that the
course should be taken at the sitting Mon
day. 1t is well understood, and the deci
sion, may add, was taken at once in the
! lobby during the division on Healy's sus
! pension that every member Of IKE Irish
party present would follow his example.
Not altogether, but one by
one, until the last man
had called Saunderson liar, and was ex-
PEELED for it, and the knowledge Of this
fact, no doubt contributed to the settle
ment arrived at finally. The action Of the
speaker in allowing Saunderson to make
his charge was productive Of at least one
good result, whatever may be thought OF
it otherwise. That result was that Saun-
derson, when'he withdrew his charge, with
drew it because as he said he could not
substantiate it, confession which finally
disposes of him as politician Of any
weight with the English people, and his
admirers on the Government bench. Fri
day night he left the chambe for
the lobby pale and trembling, and as he
was going out he met two Irish members
who called him, to his teeth, a liar and a
coward. Although a crowd Of members
were standing by, he never said word
in reply He went out to the refreshment
bar still pale as death, and, afer while.
seemed to leave by back door, after
having had word or two with police
man: but some Irish members having
audibly remarked that he was leav-
ing by back door, he again
walked into the middle of the lobby. At
this time DR.. Turner endeavored to rouse
any remaining spark of courage that
might be in him by audibly remarkng
that one man could not possibly insult an
other more than by calling him coward
and liar, but even this failed to wind
the would-be hero up to fighting point.
The great Orange warrior in
fact, collapsed utterly, and after a
few minutes he disappeared The
incident will be Of immense
service to the Irish cause In fact it has
already, but it has hardly yet closed. On
Monday night it is not impossible that
there will be another scene, and it is quite
certain that if any body else then or at
any future time adopts the role of Saun-
derson to the Irish party, that party viii
stand no mons ense, and whatever the con.
) sequence be, will act with a sternness
that will surprise their foes. i have
authority for saying that Healv is thor
oughly satisfied with the nights work.
81 did not think" said he to me las
night that | would have TO make Sc
short a speech in reply to Sduuderson
but the single word 9iar' under the cir
cumstances was more effective, perhaps
than two hours deliverance" This
event has thrown every thing, including
Chamberlain's harangue, entirely into tn,
shade, and together with the agitation il
the country, has practically killed the Co
ercIon bill,
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